Colored picture and device for producing such picture



Jan. 1, 1935. E. WALBINGER 1,986,654

COLORED PICTURE AND DEVICE FOR PRODECING SUCH PICTURE Filed Jan. kg,1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 zgl J Fig.5

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Jan. 1, 1 935. 4 E. WALBINGER COLORED PICTURE AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCINGSUCH PICTURE Filed Jan. 16, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1s 1s B I i B [Ill34250;:

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; 1 I rnonucmesuon PICTURE I "B ew r nte -ga er IAssessments-16;193s,stalwart v ln Germany lanuary 19, 1932 ture in oneor more colors on anybackgroxrndg the latter consisting: of: stencils,1wh'r1'e. the colored areas of the picture are: produced b'y threadingi'through the slotsl of said stencilsstxipsoLeol oredi sheet material aspapen;v emu; metal v or the like; These strips. areiheld'inrs byithenedgesofisaidslots. u t l v A further object: of myumventiomi'stozprovi'deand to dispose" the? slots on; said stencils q(which form thebackground of. thepicfiures) Such a? way that" the slots form on'ltwoopposite sideslthe'l contours' of therespecti'vee part; cr' area: of lture to be produced; Jwhi'le 'thebther'ttwo-"fsides opposite'eachaotherofsarid: area are tobeiormted bylthe edges of the; strip tovbe;threaded?"through said slots; of v the" stencil-1! Thus: the? edgesofilsaidt strips and the: sides of'rthe'i coloredsareas formed therebyrespectively "haves a more iorlessfi rec tilinearl form, but' othersidesi'ofithe formed by the slots ofJ-theisten'cilf ayhave any curvedionnas'the casemay bez The stencils accordi'ng to the invention as wellas the strips to be used' may be of any suitable color, material or,shape, covered or not with printed matter or illustrations: and providedor not with openings or apertures forming parts of f the picture to beproduced, 1 The strips are pref-v desire to be limited to the exactdetails of the con% erably provided and prepared so as to havestandardized widths corresponding to the similarly I into the region ofthe upper-next strip. The upstandardized dimensions of the slots of, thestencils. 1

The subject idea of the" invention will result more clearly from thefollowing description of an embodiment of it which forms only oneexample as many other ways of carrying out my invention maybe takenwithout leaving'the limits of L it. At all events I wish it to beunderstood that Ijdo not struction shown and described in thisspecification, for obviously modifications will occur to a personskilled in theart.

strips forming the colored areas: being applied thereto; l.

Figi 2*is a cross sectionalyiew taken on the line II-II'of Fig. 1showing in a more diagrammati; cal way the slots of thestencil and-thestrips being threaded therethrcugh; l i A i t v,

wigs: 3', land 5 show in a similar sectional view" othenforms ofsaidslots; I l

As shown by way" of examplethe picture'consists of-a pine-tree with fourdistinct rowsvof" branches and with some pine-cones one ofv said rowsand a squirrel sitting .on another. The

stencil =a is shown partly, thezremaining portions- 3 Fig. 6 shows" oneform of strip material asltof be used for producing-the-picturesaforesaid.

beingfcut awayl In accordancewith the object to beillustrated'pairsofslots 1), 1); eye; 11, dyege; fif are disposed on'the plane of'the'rstencil m.

each" pairof slots forming-two opposite sides-of;

the contours of the portion ofv'theipicture in-n eluded between saidslots Furthermorefa spe-I cial slotig ot' V"-likeshape provided at thebottempt the trunk formed by the slots 'f,]:'. is a line-printed on thestencil materialtforindicating the soil nearthe' roots of the tree;"Astrip is threaded'froni behind through one of. the slots b, and thenback with its free end from'the frontside throughthe otherslot bl'I'husthis strip is heldinstretched position by .me slots" b;.. b, :itst

edges lc and- I respectively forming the remaining 3 two opposite sidesof the'portion of thepict'ure included between said'slots. Inmcp itepthesame" manner the strip m is applied to theslots; c, c, the

strip at to the slots d, d, the strip 0 to'the slots e, e

and the strip nto the slots f, f and g. Obviously in practice theproceedingwill be suchthat firstly the strip p and finally the stripiwill be applied because for sake of a better pictoral effect the slots%e, d,'e and 7 extendon one side somewhat per edges such as k of thestriped, m n, o are straight, while the lower ones such as] are toothedwith respect to their symbolizing the ends of the branches. l

The various strips 1, m, n, 0 may be ofequal or different colors or eachmaybe colored in different shadowsor colors. The strip 11 may still haveanother color. Y i i with respect t o'each other;-,

stencil a, so that the additional strip t being col.--

ored differently than strip 0 may be threaded through all the slots s ina similarway as indicated above.

As it, is of some importance that. the strips are held securely inaccurate position the size and form of the slots as well as the shape oftheir edges and the adjacent parts of the stencil may be variedaccording to the materials used. The simplest form of slots is shown inFigs. 2 and 5,

the edges u being onthe same plane and dreadjacent parts of thestencilya being in line. Ac-1 cording to Fig. 3 the p'ortionbeingadjacent to the slot 1) and being intended to be occupied by thefrontportionf of the strip is somewhat pressed down so that the. edgesof the slot 12 are directed obliquely with respect to the plane ofstencil-a.

In a further alternative. form as illustrated by Fig. 4" the edges ofslot to are somewhat displaced Sometimes, however, it maybe desirablethat a strip threaded through its slotsremains slidable said slots'sothat the child may shift the strip freely to and fro so that, provideddifferent colors or illustrations are disposed along the lengthof suchstrip, said diiferent colors'or illustrations will readily appear atwill on the frontside of the stencil when the stripis shifted to: andfro. It'is for thisreason that in' such a case a pinching'of the stripwithin its, slots must beavoided.

supplied in 'difierent standardized widths and 'fo'rr'nsfof their' edgesand indifferent colors or, patterns and in suitable. material or maybeprinted;v Preferably a'set .of strips of 'equalor different propertiesas setforth may be combined to a sheet which'is divided by slots or cutlines: with diiferent'spaces between them'j and, if de-- sired, oftoothed or" wave-like-or other form;- with a margin'remaining atone endor both'ends 9 of said slots or cut lines. Thus the necessary stripmaterial may be taken at will from such sheet.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 6 shows by way of example one form ofa set of different strips, as to be used for carrying out my invention,these strips being joint to form a sheet of strips.. The sheet A isdivided by the slots or cuts B, C, D into various strips of difierentwidth, but as the cuts do not extend over the .whole of said sheet A,margins E remain which are intended to be the joining element for saidstrips. While theseslots or cuts B are straight, the cut C is toothedand the cut D has a wavelikeform. If desired, one of the margins E maybe dispensed with. xHavingfi described the invention, what is claimed asnew and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A picture which consists of a stencil of any suitable material andof-oblong strips of any suitable sheet material, each of the latterbeing threaded through corresponding pairs of slots disposedonsaidstencil in such a way that one.

portion of each strip is situated on the face of the; stencilbetweensaid slots, while the ends of :said strips freely extendingbeyond said slots on the:.back of the stencil, are covered by thelatter, the strips being held in their accurate position by thepinching'eifect of the edges of said slots.

2. Asadevice for producing colored pictures, the combination of astencil provided with slots of standardized dimensions and of a seriesof elongated strips of correspondingly standardized widths, the saidslots-being opposed to each other in pairs and being arranged and shapedin such a way that they may form opposed parts of the contours ofcertain areas-or portions of the pic- 'ture to be produced and beingdisposed and dimensioned in such a way that one of said strips I Thestrips tobe .used' in producing pictures ac-I cording to my'inventionmay. be prepared and may fillout the whole length of the correspondingone of said slots when'having been threaded therethrough, the edges ofsaid slots being narrow enough to produce a pinching eifect upon thesaidstrips, while the said strips being of any color; pattern and shadowand being as wide asto conform to the lengths of the slots, which theyare intended to be applied to, and having edges forming theremainingopposite parts of the contour of the said area of the picture.

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